Knitted trimming.



UNITED STATES; PATEiaT err-Tori.

-niAltllUEllli lN'. GOODMAN, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY(MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TQFRIEDBERGER- AARON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OFPHILA- DELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

KNITTED TBIMMI'NG.

To all *whom it 'may concern: Beit- 4known thatI, SAMUEL N. GooDMAN, acitizen' of the United States,-;residing at Philadelphia, eountyofPhiladelphia, and

State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inKnitted Trimmings, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform a part of this specification.'

- The object o f'my invention is to produce i a knitted-trimming, moreparticularly of thelgsp'eiti known as Vedgings lfor lidiesim "epiiit for'producingaditl'erent .or more atti" 'an h edgings vheretod n allyrxteridingf single row of chain ,'lfwhiehffadjoins.the ornamentalportion Erf the design and v:between which and ,thelieadingor fsewing-onspace is formed a "1'ibboxrspace or braiding space l; aud' third,transverselyextending pillar bars vuniti g theheading'and single row ofchain y stitees'f adjoining the ornamental portion,

saitlpillaroars -being usually spaced apart andeach ,comprising one ormore threads.

` @T tle' eduls'itructjodis such as to permit a ribor braidtobe retainedinthe ribbon "spgb'yfpassing it over and under; alternate pillar barst'fl-his ribbon, besides adding to .,t.[ l\.,e(1\ani eijtal appearance,performs the i function ,of u. drawing string. fo`r-e `xzi mple,\theedging is placed .j .trou h neck, the wearer of the garment- '-"pullsA c'gidsi'of the ribbon and ties them tthenthitff ping the garment n1 placel. titiees @if l." 1., A. 0 f ntginaryi 'Irn las eer am elsa(megwlbtiriiis that the pillaiibais cls together to pern't the. ribbon1563)@ properly threaded Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Julye, 1912.

Application tiled March 2, 1912. Serial No. 681,288.

vantage is that. when the Garmentis in place, one' half of the pillarbars are concealed from view. Another disadvantage is that it requiresconsiderable time to pass the ribbon over and under alternate pillarbars. Another disadvantage is that vthe edging presents substantiallythe same appearance on both sides. Another disadvantage is that when thegarment is worn, the ribbon contacts with the body of the wearer.V .Inmy invention all thesedisadvantages aite` overcome. In knitting myimproved I proceed in the ordinary way except that f ormabout one halfthe usual number-ffo f .A pillar bars and cover the ribbon space haelt'Iof the pillar bars by knitting a fabric, preferably a line'web, thethieads of which are,' `at the longitudinal edges of the fabric, knittedin with, and held in place by, the longit'udinal rows of stitchesbounding the ribbon Space.

The web consists preferably,'butlnot neces 75"' aarily, of thearrangmcnt of stitches well known in the art as a nubia-7 fabric. Vithsuch a construction, the ribbonA is threaded between the pillar-bars onthe front and the web on the back, thereby 'fa- 8 0 cilitating thethreadingr ofit in place. The pillar-bars, as `stated, maybe arranged attwice the usual 'distance apart and yet present. the saine al'ipearancc,when the edging is viewedfrom the front, as if theywere ar- 85 rangedthe usual distance apart, or the pillar bars may be arranged the. usualdistance apart and present, when viewed from the front, an appearance ofbeing much elosertogether than in the ordinary edging, 'be- 90 causenone of them is concealed. Further, the edgingr presents entirelydifferent. appearances when viewed from front and back. Finally, ,theweb lon the back prevents the ribbon or braid from contacting with thebody of the'wearer, which is an advantage of considerable importance. Inthe drawings:- Figure l is a plan view Y Showing the appraramze ot' theedging. Fig. is a detail plan tien' ot a part of the 100 edging shown inFig. 1. Y

a and l; constitute a .double row of longitudinally extendingr chainstitches and l.- the `.tine. threads uniting rowsl .L and and foriningwith them the heading or sewing-on space, 'lhe thread forming the web ois passed back and f orth from one row o of' stitches to the other rowbn being tied into place by the loops of the chain stitches in themanner well known to those skilled 1n transverse-warp machines, uponwhich the and so on in lsuccessive repeats, the saidY yarn beingconfined b the loops of the sev-- -web being bound edging is knitted.

d is the longitudinal row of chain stitches bounding theother edge ofthe ribbon space.

In the particular fabric shown in the drawings, another row of chainstitches e (forming part ofthe ornamental border) is provided` and theyarn f forming the plllar bars extends longitudinally from row' e in acurved direction to row d, thence across the ribbon space to row bthence back across vthe ribbonv space to4 row d, and thence` in a curveddirection longitudinally to rowe,

eral chain stitches in t e manner well known in the Intheparticularfabric shown in the drawings,- still another row of chainstitches g (formm the outer margin ofthe ornamental border is provided,said chain extending longitudinally in a series of scallops. Loopsyhextend inwardly from the chain g at theintersection o f successivescallops'andare confined by the loops of chains The knitted web iscomposed of ne threads' looped together in the manner well known toknitters of nubia, the edges of the in b the loops of the chainsbounding ther ibbon space.

representsaribbon which, as shown, is assed between the pillar bars fand the itted' web That" ortion of the particular `fabric l `hereinbeore described which lies outside the chain d forms no part of theinvention and is simply shown vbecause the yarn forming the pillar barsconstitutes part of the design 'of this' portion ofthe fabric. It willbe understood that this ornamental 'portion of the fabric. may be variedas' described, and

that the arrangement of transverse-threads across the ribbon spacemay'also be variedA as desired.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire toprotect by 'l Letters Patent is:

l. An edging for underwear, etc., comprising Itwo longitudinallyextending rows of stitches forming between thema ribbon space,transverse threads uniting saidarows,

-and a knitted web also uniting said rows and forming between it and thetransverse threads a ribbon-retaining pocket.

2. An edging for underwear, etc., comprising'a longitudinal plural row fstitchesv rows, a longitudinal row of chain stitches widely spaced fromlthe saidheading and forming between them a ribbon space, a knitted webextending across the ribbon space, and threads extending across therib-y bon space and overlying the web and spa/.ced-v apart to formpillar bars, said web and pillar bar threads being united to the chainlstitches bounding the ribbon space.

In testimony of which invention, I have hereunto 'set my. hand. atPhiladelphia, on

this 29th day of February, Q12. v SABIUEL N. GOODMAN.

Witnesses li'i. M. HAMILTON, E. E. WALL.

